The following is a guest post by Azzedine Kechroud, author of Paradise Lost. This novel tells the life of a young child during the Algerian war of national liberation under occupation of French colonialism. The eyes of an innocent child describe how he and his family lived the horrors of that war. This child did not understand why adults were conducting an absurd war that touched all families without exception, from…
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Donna Urbikas
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My Sister’s Mother by Donna Urbikas
The following is a guest post by Donna Urbikas, author of My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia. A couple of years ago I took myself on a cross-country tour of writers’ conferences where I could pitch my newly finished manuscript, My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia. Reception was great except that I am not famous, so who would care? Fortunately, the…
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ANZAC and Opals
The following is a guest post by Michelee Morgan Cabot, author of Fly Over Down Under. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. On the wide South Australian desert horizon, flat and vague, slowly appeared low undulating mounds. Nothing spectacular – but the nearer we got, some appeared strangely, smoothly, cone-shaped. Mysterious piles like giant anthills – but not. As…
Graeme Smith
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The Awakening of Abraham Brown by Graeme Smith
The following is a guest post by Graeme Smith, author of The Awakening of Abraham Brown. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The inspiration for The Awakening of Abraham Brown came through my own spiritual awakening which has been a culmination of the following things: yoga, meditation, life experiences, and over 30 years training in the martial arts. I…
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Breaking the Silence by Maria Nieto
The following is a guest post by Maria Nieto, author of Breaking the Silence. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. My name is Maria Nieto, and people have been questioning why, at the age of 85, I wrote a book called Breaking the Silence. It is a book describing the pain and the horrifying days of a small…
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Insurgent by Veronica Roth
The second installment in the Divergent series picks up right where the first book left off. Tris and Tobias go to the Amity compound to recover from the simulation attack on the Abnegation. When the Erudite and Dauntless traitors arrive to look for them though, the couple narrowly escapes and returns to the city. However, Jeanine Matthews, the Erudite leader, intends to eliminate all Divergent and control the rest of the population….
Douglas J. Wood
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Presidential Intentions by Douglas J. Wood
It is 2016, and Samantha Harrison is running for president of the United States against Hillary Clinton. In flashbacks, we follow this ambitious woman’s journey from her high school graduation to the days that follow the presidential election. As she struggles to stick to her convictions, she can’t help but notice that her professional drive has a deep impact on her family. Will she succeed in her quest to become the…
David-Michael Harding
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How Angels Die by David-Michael Harding
The following is a guest post by David-Michael Harding, author of How Angels Die, the Cherokee series and several other books. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. About the book Two sisters take different roads in their work for the French Resistance during World War II. Claire is an active guerrilla fighter while Monique seduces German officers…
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The Tragedy of Fidel Castro by João Cerqueira
The following is a guest post by João Cerqueira, author of The Tragedy of Fidel Castro. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. It was through Portuguese writers – Camões, Fernando Pessoa, José Saramago, Lobo Antunes – that I learned to write. Hence my belief that form – that is, command of language – is as or more…